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Anna Merlan
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Anna Merlan was a Senior Reporter at G/O Media until September 2019. She's the author of Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power.

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I want to crowdsource a question I have about chelsea’s “process.” Read more

I’m looking forward to when Chelsea runs out of friendly greetings and vaguely flirtatious nicknames (‘pretty lady’, ‘beauty’) and has to resort to foriegn words and overt sexual harrassment. (“Willkommen, honey drawers!”, “Hola, sugar tits!”)
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I actually love Thinx, but I automatically delete the emails because they zap any energy I had for the day. Read more

Not sending people to prison for non-violent crimes is not that radical an idea, actually.
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Once again for the cheap seats in the back: Gary Johnson originally won his seat as governor by a split in the progressive vote, and proceeded to tank the state with his “policies.” His policies were basically vetoing every piece of legislation that crossed his desk. Read more

the GOP let the horse out of the barn a long time ago but only now is closing the doors. Except it wasn’t really a horse, but a mangy goat covered in rotten marmalade who thinks he’s a unicorn. Read more

That’s the kind of face you normally see after hundreds of years of aristocratic in-breeding. I’ve seen a plate of mashed potatoes with more distinction. Read more

CEF also does something called “Backyard Clubs,” (or something similar - it’s been a long time) which is essentially the Good News Club curriculum repackaged for summertime gatherings in neighborhoods. For two years, I went to camp to receive indoctrination and training on the curriculum, and then taught clubs Read more

I am so, so torn on issues like this. I work with people with criminal records and some of them have been the victims of harsh judicial systems and judges who didn’t care enough to actually craft a proper sentence. And so, going after a judge for being too lenient makes me feel very uncomfortable, like I’m betraying Read more

Remember when some people thought that Manafort would be able to make Trump present as moderately less insane? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Read more

America’s fascination with reality stars is going to start WW3. Read more